Their verbal abilities were also tested by completing the verbal-reasoning section of the GRE.
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The improvement was the equivalent, they say, to a 16 percentile point increase in GRE score.
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He also questioned whether applicants who take the GRE are really committed to attending a business program.
Top business schools started accepting GRE scores in 2006, led by Stanford University's Graduate School of Business.
He added that the School of Management accepts GRE test-takers at the same rate as it accepts GMAT-submitting applicants.
Other ads targeted a different demographic, offering SAT and GRE prep services for students hoping to test into schools overseas.
About 10% of applicants in that first year submitted GRE scores.
The Yale School of Management said it began accepting the GRE to attract a wider range of applicants in fall 2009, for students entering in 2010.
An academic pioneer of sorts, Kaplan was the first company to make a business out of tutoring students for standardized tests like the SAT, LSAT and GRE.
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While Yale has been pleased with the early results, he adds that it is frustrating not to have much historical GRE score data that could "validate and calibrate" the school's admissions decisions.
The authors of a new study wanted to determine whether short-term mindfulness training might help improve the working memory, focus, and ultimately, the GRE scores, of kids who took a two-week class on mindfulness.
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Today more than 600 business schools world-wide, including Harvard Business School, the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business and the University of California's Davis Graduate School of Management, accept GRE scores in addition to the GMAT.
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